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(...) Yeah, that wasmy guess was that because of the 90 deg turn, a robot would require intelligence to reconfig itself. If it can be done mechanically I suppose that would be really cool but hard. One of ideas posed was dealing with Ys. Another was (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) If we painted rings around the pipe before the junction--2 black stripes mean take left junction, 1 ring means take right junction... There's your code, your sensors, and your maze. Dave K (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Hmm, what about something Iain could relate to: A roller coaster (with loop) that is INSIDE the pipe. Fastest bot through from start to finish wins. You can to do this with/without RCX. I suspect this is more of a mechanical problem. Have a (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I like it!!!! A LOT!!!!! not bad for a guy from hamilton. (do the mills still belch fire on days like this?) Chris (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ...except if your robot is hanging upside down from the pipe, becuase it's all a matter of perception at that point. :) Iain (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) Electrical tape. Yup, seems good. If we liked, we could put two codes on the pipe: On say, the right hand half, we put essential signals (which direction to take) and on the left-hand side, we put more informative signals (like, 90 degree up (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I like it too! Now whats the object? To get from one end to the other as fast as possible? There certainly isn't much need for the RCX, but I suppose it would be nice to have the robot figure out which way to turn... Would the pipe maze be (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) I also think that 'blind alleys' off a 't' or a 'y' junction should go about a foot or two and just stop abruptly, so if your 'bot wasn't smart enuf to go the 'right' way, it could just drop off the maze alltogether Dave K (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) That's almost exactly what we want to do, except the inside the pipe part. Originally our plan was to use the inside of the pipe. But this sort of necessitates 4 or 6 inch diam pipe and needs to be transparent for people to enjoy the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) ONE ROBOT: Get from one end to the other OR TWO ROBOTS: We have a symmetrical maze and start the robots out from both ends. The center is marked, and whoever is further into enemy territory wins. Goes from navigating treed pipes to sumo at the (...) (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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(...) No I don't want a contest that I'd actually do for 14. I want to spend time on Altenburg. Derek (22 years ago, 4-Apr-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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